Thursday 22 March 2012

Tevez comeback in a busy night of football

Carlos Tevez helped Manchester City beat Chelsea 2-1 with a substitute appearance.

Chelsea had been one up when Sergio Aguero levelled from the penalty spot. Tevez then performed a cheeky backheel to open up the Pensioners late on and set up Samir Nasri.

Also in the Prem, Aresenal beat Everton 1-0 and because Tottenham only drew 1-1 with Stoke, the Gunners moved above their North London rivals into 3rd place.

Meanwhile in West London, QPR came back against Liverpool from 2-0 down to win 3-2 and climb out of the relegation zone.

Wednesday 21 March 2012

My FA Cup predictions

I think that:

Spurs to beat Bolton, simply because Bolton's heart isn't going to be in it, due to the Fabrice Muamba affair.

Sunderland will beat Everton. A little while ago I wouldn't have said this, but Sunderland are consistently winning at home and I think they should win the replay

So: Chelsea versus Tottenham Hotspur. Very close, and I think it'll depend on how good Chelsea get in the next couple of weeks before the game, if they lose a few, they won't play well. Same with Spurs, but Spurs can be more stable. But really, both of these teams aren't that predictable. Spurs to win it.

Liverpool against Sunderland. The Black Cats beat the Reds just a little while ago, but since then Liverpool have beaten Everton and Stoke, and Sunderland have lost to Blackburn. It all depends which one of these teams has a good day, and which has a bad one. Liverpool should win it.

So here are my preds:
Quarter-final replays:
Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Bolton
Sunderland 2-0 Everton

Semi-finals:
Chelsea 1-3 Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool 2-1 Sunderland

Final:
Liverpool v Tottenham*

*You'll have to wait for my FA Cup final predictions!

Sunday 18 March 2012

FA Cup Semi-final draw

Here we go then, the semis draw:

Tottenham/Bolton v Chelsea

Liverpool v Everton/Sunderland

(Games to be played on April 14-15)

Very quick draw!

So what are your thoughts? If your team is one of them, do you think they got the best draw they could? Or the worst? Don't be afraid to comment!

Thanks again for reading,

Zachary



Newcastle beat Norwich

Papiss Demba Cisse scored the only goal of the game to maintain Newcastle's European hopes.

Liverpool beat Stoke to secure a semi-final place

Liverpool secured a place at Wembley for the second time this season with a win over Stoke City.

The Reds won 2-1 with goals from Luis Suarez and Stewart Downing, with ex-'pool player Peter Crouch getting, unsurprisingly, a headed goal for the Potters in what was a game with a lot of hustling and bustling.

Chelsea secure semi-final place with win over Leicester

Fernando Torres showed that he was at least good enough to play in the Championship with two goals against Leicester in their FA Cup quarter-final.

Chelsea finally won 5-2, with Torres, Raul Meireles, Salamon Kalou and Gary Cahill all getting on the scoresheet.

United thrash Wolves

Manchester United thrashed Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-0 (away) to make a four-point difference in their favour between them and Man City, and also closed the gap in goal difference between the two.

Javier Hernandez scored a brace, and Johnny Evans scored his second-ever goal, exactly five years and 1 day since his first.

Brilliant Button

Jenson Button secured the opening grand prix of the season with a top finish in Australia.

Sebastian Vettel got second, while Lewis Hamilton finished 3rd.

Saturday 17 March 2012

Thanks for reading

Thanks for reading my blog (if anyone's there!) another great Saturday of sport is over.

Join me tomorrow where I will have coverage of those games.

Thanks,
Zachary

Latest rugby

Full-time

England 30-9 Ireland

Latest rugby

England 30-9 Ireland

Man of the match:

Ben Morgan

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Sorry guys - been so worried for Muamba and forgot to post:

England 27-9 Ireland

75 mins

FA CUP MATCH ABANDONED

Tottenham's match against Bolton has been abandoned on 40 mins because of a serious injury to Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba. He went down nowhere near the ball and was reportedly not breathing for some time.

Hope he is alright.

Latest rugby

England 12-9 Ireland

Sexton penalty

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England 12-6 Ireland

Another Farrell penalty

FA Cup football

Tottenham 1-1 Bolton

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England 9-6 Ireland

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England 9-3 Ireland

Nearly Half-time

FA Cup football

Well Spurs kickoff against Bolton - and Gareth Bale scores a own goal!

Tottenham 0-1 Bolton

Latest rugby

England 6-3 Ireland

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England 3-3 Ireland

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England 3-0 Ireland

England v Ireland kick off

Full-time football

Fulham 0-3 Swansea

Wigan 1-1 West Brom

Got over that?

Well you'll have to!

England v Ireland starts at 5pm

Tottenham v Bolton starts at 5:30pm

Still two Premier League with time left

GOAL(S)

Fulham 0-3 Swansea!

The day for Wales just gets better!

Interview with Gethin Jenkins

"It's just great for this group of players!"

Says now three-time Grand Slam champion Gethin Jenkins!

Grand Slam champions presentation

They're being given the medals!

A cheer from the crowd for each name and then a big one for SAM WARBURTON!!

Fireworks and "Titanium" by David Guetta burst out as big Sam holds the trophy aloft!

Champagne everywhere. :-)

Match summary

Wales played brilliantly!
It was a tight game, a nervous game where Wales came through valiantly. France threw everything they had to throw at Wales, but Wales defended fantastically. Mervyn Davies passed away yesterday, and Wales said before the game they were going to win it for "Merv the Swerve". And they did!

Wales are the GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS!!

Wales have won the Six Nations 2012 and are the GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wales v France man of the match

Dan Lydiate!!!

Latest rugby

Wales 16-9 France

75 minutes gone

GOAL

Wigan 1-1 West Brom

GOAL

Wigan 1-0 West Brom

Latest rugby

Wales 13-6 France

Football

Half-time

Fulham 0-1 Swansea

Wigan 0-0 West Bron

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Wales 10-6 France

Half-time

Wales 10-3 France

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Wales 10-3 France

TRY!!

Alex Cuthbert scores a great try!!
Leigh Halfpenny converts
Wales 7-3 France

Latest rugby

Wales 0-3 France

FA Cup result

Everton 1-1 Sunderland full-time
Replay needed!

Footy too!

There will also be latest goals in the premier league and FA Cup in the footie!

Off we go in Cardiff...

We're off in Wales!

Wales v France and England v Ireland rugby

I will be doing a running commentary of the rugby - check regularly to see!

Friday 16 March 2012

Terrific Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar today became the first man to score 100 international centuries as he scored 114 against Bangladesh.

Since the 2011 Cricket World Cup Tendulkar has been stuck on 99 centuries, but now that over!

He is now, even more than before, the best batsman the world has seen

Pensioners show their importance despite Manchester setback

Chelsea beat Napoli 4-1 to scrape through to the Champions League quarter-finals in a absorbing match. Branislav Ivanovic scored an extra-time goal after Chelsea led 3-1, 4-4 on aggregate, thanks to the “old guard” of Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard and John Terry who each scored. They now face a new challenge in Benfica to get through to the semis.

But for both the Manchester clubs Thursday night was a disappointment.
Manchester United headed to Bilbao to face Athletic Club in the early kick-off trailing 3-2 from the first leg after shock defeat in Old Trafford.

Bilbao totally outplayed United in a game that finished 2-1 to Athletic but could’ve been a whole lot more as the Spanish team tore apart the English champions, missing chance after chance, but in the end it didn’t matter as they still won.

Manchester City faced Sporting Lisbon in a game which they started trailing 1-0, but unlike United, City were the favourites to win, as they were at home.

But Sporting raced ahead 2-0, 3-0 on aggregate, as they looked for a shock. City fought back though and were 3-2 up on 85 minutes. But, despite a last minute header by Joe Hart that was centimetres away, City bowed out on away goals.

The most worrying thing is, how did the top two in the Premier League lose to the Spanish 7th placed team and the Portuguese 4th placed team? Does this mean a end to England’s dominance of Europe?

2012 still has a lot to offer

I have DEFINITELY missed some amazing stories, but with the six nations finale, the run-up to the end of the football season, European Championship 2012 and the Olympics still to go, the best is yet to come!